Michael VanRooyen
Urgent prep work
Humanitarian relief workers and climate scientists gathered in Cambridge this week to discuss the connection between climate change and humanitarian disasters and what relief workers can learn from science.
Tags: Alvin Powell, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Climate Change, Daniel Schrag, Environments & Sustainability, Global Warming, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Harvard University Center for the Environment, HarvardScience, humanitarian relief, Jennifer Leaning, Michael VanRooyen, Natural disaster, prediction
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Widespread trauma
Members of the Harvard community responded to the Boston Marathon attacks and offered thoughts about both the physical and mental injuries they caused.
Tags: Alvin Powell, Arnold Howitt, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, bombing, Boston Marathon, Brigham and Women's Hospital, crisis response, emergency response, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard Medical School, HarvardScience, Health & Medicine, Michael Miller, Michael VanRooyen, Nicholas Christakis, Pforzheimer House, recovery, Sociology Department, Stephanie Kayden
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Toward better aid
Three Harvard specialist draw from field experience in a discussion of the past and future of humanitarian aid.
Tags: Harvard School of Public Health, Humanitarian Aid, International, Jennifer Leaning, Michael VanRooyen, National & World Affairs, NGO, Parveen Parmar
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